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    • Tue Feb 26th 16:57 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Gone are the Days of Unlimited Chinese Labor
      You wrote, "The government requires the factory to let all workers go and then rehire them." This is completely false. Some companies have in fact fired and rehired their workers, but this tactic was adopted by managers to AVOID their responsibilities under the new law (especially their responsibilities to long-time employees).

      No one forced these companies to act in this reckless way. If the law raises costs for them, it is because they were coasting before on other people's sweat.

      As to workers' salaries being squeezed because of less overtime hours.... The existing Labor Law of China (1994) and subsequent MOLSS notices have already limited the number of hours workers may work. Not much new there.

      In general, I might add, workers are dissatisfied with shorter overtime hours only when factories REFUSE to pay a decent wage for NORMAL work hours.

      I congratulate the Chinese government on passing what you call "drastic" legislation. It will contribute to the evolution of China's economy away from sweatshops and suffocating pollution.

      If certain businesses cannot adapt to the demands of decency, then it is no loss.
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